Improvement in apparatus foe produced motive-power



@uitrit gisten' gatrni ffice,

EDWARD STOGKTON vAND WILLIAM O. ST. JOHN, 0F FOLSQM, CALIFORNIA.

Leners Patent No. 17,674, dated May l5, 186s.

l IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS son Panasonic MorIvs-Pownn.

To ALL wHoM-IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we,E1 wAnD Srocnmon and WILLIAM ,O ST. JOHN, of Folsom, county of Sacramento, State of California, have invented an Improved Motive-Power; and we do h'ereby declare the following description and accompanying ldrawings are suiiieient to enable anyperson skilled -in the nrt or scienoe'to whichit moet nearly appertains tomake and use our said invention or improvements without further invention or experiment;

Our invention relates to that class of machines for obtainingmotivepower'by the employment of springs, wcightanheels and pulleys,z,.for"driving windmills; pumps, threshingmachines, turning grindstones,sawing wood, churning, raising weights, and supplying power for other purposes; and consistslin attaching steel springs to a shaft placed transversely across la. frame which is permanently attached to' a bed.

p Two other shafts are 'also-placed transversely across the frame, the spring-shaft and centre-shaft beinggeared together and operated by toothed wheels.

The outside or front of the twoehafts above named is a driving-shaft, and is engaged by the teeth on the gear-wheel of the c entp'elshkaft. This shaft has a pulley at one end, and a crank nearthe ,other end. To the centre-shaft are attached cords or .chainspassing over grooved wheels, which are attached to a roller which is suspended above the machine. 4

The centre and springshafts are provided with keys, i`or winding upthe springs and drawing-up the weights. Ratchetwheels, provided with pawls, are placed upon the shaftsb'eside the.v two toothed wheels, which prevent the springs and weights irom ruiming down andfimwinding, except'bytlae-epheratien-efthe-driving=shaft..

To more fully illustrate and describe our invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters marked thereon, of whieh r Figure 1 is aside sectional elevation, taken thronghz x, fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a plan.

A represents the bed, to which the frameB Bf C C is anchored. 'Transverse rods, with collars between the s'eetions of the frame, serve to keep `it iirmly together, by set-screws or nuts. Wes-would reeormnend for the frame the use of ironplate, of suitable thickness, set on edge.

The spring-shaft and the weight-sbaft'and the driving-shaft are placed transversely across and hvetheir bearings on the frame, and are divided in their eentreaandl connected by couplings, E E E, held ,by bevelled keys, F 'F F, placed in slots G- G G, so that one-half ofthe machine maybe used separately.l To both 'ends of the spring-shaft, H, are attached dat springs I I, their opposite ends being fastened tothe transverse rod H.

Toothed wheels Jl J are geared to one, or .both ectionsof the spring-shaft H and the weight-shaft,K, and A turn independently of the said shafts. Ratchet-wheellyare placed at one side of the toothed wheels, and p areprovidd with paw'ls N N, kept in place by smallisprings M M., By this device the shafts are kept from turning back, except when the machine is in m'otien, but .the toothed'wheels'turn independently on their shafts;-

The ends of the spring-shaft and weightshafts arojinade so that Ia. key or crankrO, may be applied to them, to turn up the springs and draw up theweights. The weights, P Phare yattached to thiweightfsliaft by cords R R, which pass over/grooved wheels S S on the vroller T, which is suspended above the machine.

These weights may operate inpr'ertical boxes, a, placed in the well, 'so 'as'to act as ventilators, and keep the well supplied with pure airvfroiii` above, as the weghtsare raised and lowered.

The teeth ,on the wheelJ engage the teeth cf the pinion U, placednpon the driving-shaft V V', at one end of which is a pulley for a belt, and near'the-centre of V is a crank, W. l

A brake, X," is placed at the opposite end of the driving-shaf'passing arounda pulley, and attached to knob, X', which controls'th speedy or stopsthe machine lby vturning the knob.. y

Having thus ,described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secnreby Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of' lthe springs I I, weights l P, andgears J J, said'gears being so connected with their respective shaft-s that they remain stationary, while the shafts are turned to wind upthe rin s and woi'rbts. g t.

2. The ratchet-wheels L L, for connecting the gears with the shafts, in combination with the couplings E E, substantially as and for the purposes described. In witness whereof, wp have hereunto set our hands and seais.

' i EDWARD STOGKTON. [1.. s.] WILLIAM O. ST. JOHN. [L 8.]

Witnesses for WILLIAM 0. ST. JOHN:

ALBERT G. TULLAR, Joxm L. WILLIAMS. Witnesses for EDWARD StrocIgToN;

C. W. M. SMITH, Guo.' H. Snom. 

